Beginner Lesson 8
Creation - Day 6

Reading Exercise

ESL easy listening Noah's Ark
"Adam Naming the Creatures" by Nathaniel Currier, lithograph, 1847

Listening Question Answers

First, here are the answers to the listening questions.

1.  What were the humans (people) like?
They were like God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

2.  What three things did God command people to rule over?
the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and every animal on the earth

2.  What three things did God provide for people and all creatures to eat?
all kinds of fruit and grain, and green plants

Let’s Read!

Read 3 times. It’s okay if you can’t understand all the words. We will learn more about the words in the vocabulary lesson. Do your best.

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Creation – Day 6 – Genesis 1:24-31 CEV

God said, “I command the earth to give life to all kinds of tame animals, wild animals, and reptiles.” And that’s what happened. God made every one of them. Then he looked at what he had done, and it was good.

God said, “Now we will make humans, and they will be like us. We will let them rule the fish, the birds, and all other living creatures.”

So God created humans to be like himself; he made men and women. God gave them his blessing and said: Have a lot of children! Fill the earth with people and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and every animal on the earth.

I have provided all kinds of fruit and grain for you to eat. And I have given the green plants as food for everything else that breathes, including animals, both wild and tame, and birds. And so it was.

God looked at what he had done. All of it was very good! Evening came, then morning—that was the sixth day.

Listen and read.

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